The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-30
THE EX-CONFEDERATES
AND THE EX-UNIONISTS
AND THE GERMAN
SOCIETIES,
Each Celebrates the Day in Its
Own Way.


ipate in the festivities of the day or
to witness the assembling Of those
who took part or witness the for
nation of the lines and march. At
$3.50 the young ladies and children to
occupy the handsome car, in which
the May Queen sat, began to assemble
at the opera house. The Silver Star
band discoursed music, and later on
the different German societies began
to arrive and form in line, starting
out OH their parade through the city
as follows: Up Commerce to Syca-
more, thence TO Main, down Main to
Market, thence to Elm, up Elm to
Good, thence to Swiss avenue, to Ger
mania, to Bryan and out this street to
Shady View Park.
Mr. j. Morony was chief Marshal.
The procession consisted of:
Mounted Police.
silver star Band.
Dallas Bicycle Club.
Military Company.
Car, with May Queen and Her Court.
Fort Worth Turnyerein.
MAYORS and Aldermen of Dallas and East
Dallas in Carriages.
Battery Crawford.
Gruetliyercin.
Turn Scholars.
Turn Section.
TuruVerein and others.
President j. Cannon delivered the
opening address. The May Queen,
Miss Annie Kenz, was crowned with
appropriate ceremony about 1l:3O.
Then followed general amusements.
This evening at 4 p. III. there will be
grand japanese day fireworks with
concert.
At 5p. m. there will be gymnasic
exercises. Then will follow contest
between Fort Worth and Dallas
Turner's for handsome prize.
between 6 and 7 p. m. will occur the
childrcn's ball.
At 8 p. M. will be the grand tab
leaux- Bengal lights and grand fire.
works and then will come the ball.
At 10 o'clock this morning the line
of ex-Confederates and members of
the Gen. Geo. Thomas Post of the
Grand Army of the Republic formed
on Elm street in front of the Posts
headquarters.
Tho fife and drum gave the music
at this occssion. About thirty-iive
cx.Confederate commanded by Gen.
Ewell headed the procession, followed
by the members of the Gen. Geo.
Thomas nost, about % in number
Then came the car containing 3S young
ladies. representing the 3S States Of
the Union. Seated in this car were
Miss Hattie Stoner, representing Tex
as; Misses May PANEL, Minnie Graf
am, Susan Acton, Mollie Stover, Mary
Gratam. Ida Slower, Dora Burgam.
Edith Norton, Esita Mccormick, Rosa
Worden, Venida Tezell, Vina Glenn
Ida Jenkins, Lena Cotton, Ruth kel-
~. Della Harold, Nettie Clark, Susa
Montgomery, Lena Laflell, Maggie
Burget, Lena Lawson, Eddie Dillon,
Hannah Amos, Mamie Meeley, Della
Harold, Willie Hall, Elma BLY,, Kate
Slargy, May Adams, Minnie Mceley,
Sue Meeley, Lena Otta, Matte RAM
sey, Mrs. Grulun. a. G.. Laflell, COM
mander of the Geo. ii. Thomas Post,
was in command, and Col. Wylie
grand marshal. Then followed a
large number of carriages containing
ladies and gentlemen. They marched
east on Main street, turning on Syca-
more to the cemetery, where the cere-
monies of strewing the graves
of dead soldiers with flowers were
gone through with. During the
hours spent at the cemetry the old
soldiers talked of battles of the war,
of peace and prosperity now. The
ex-Confederate aud the ex-Union SOL
dier clasped hands over their dead